Cleaning apparatus.



I. H. SPENGER.

CLEALEING APPARATUS APPLICATION 11.21) FEB. 20 07 Patented $9313. 29.391A.

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- object-maybe attained is illustrated in the? "p h such result.

" essences;dsfiasmmcomcnem, Lssrfmii'ro rim srEn'cEn TURBINE .Toallabhom it mar concern 1 1 $.Be it' known that-f1, .IRA H. SPENCER, ancitizen. of thelUnited States, and a residentg 50f Hartford,in'the'county of Hartford and;

B-State Ofi Connecticut, have invented a new? .and Improved CleaningApparatus, of which; thefollowing is. a specificatlon. 'My. inventionrelates more especially to; -the class'lof devices used-for cleaningfloors;

uor the-like, and .the object of my invention;

-i-sto provide-afievice of this class by whlch a floor mayhetho-roughlycleaned as by the application of a liquid and the surface mo1s- .turequickly removed therefrom, a. slngleg --tool being so'constructed thatit may be used;

ion-different purposes required to accom- 1 Aform of device-in the useof which accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 isa viewillustratingthe manner} of use and operation of my improved device' Fig-Q is aviewin elevation of the cleaner.; Fig.-3--is"'a view in lengthwisecentral section;

2 5 through the devicein a'plane at right-angles to the plane of view ofFig. 2.' Fig.- 4 is a5 detail --view' in central section through a?cleaner showing a modified form of construe-f 1H tion.

cleaner.

30 I In the accompanying drawings the nu-,

for securing the bristles in place. Thisbrush ispreferablyofconsiderablelength as compared with its width and a pipe 10-having itsoutlet delivering within the bristles is arranged to'convey water to thebrush. A'- drier, also forming a part of the structure, is utilized forremovlng surface moisture after t5; the brush has been used forscrubbing purposes, and water distributed upon the'floor or like part insuch operation; This drier consists of a mouth piece 11 having a mouth12 through which air is drawn by the operation of the turbine 6. In theform of device herein shown for effecting this purpose I provide a head13 to the surface of wh1ch the brushv is secured, and on one edge ofconr'nnz, OF. man-01mg pomdrrcgn' f 8' cnnmnei inmates Specification ofLetters rami a CORPORATION orconthe mouth piece 11 is located. This headis preferably of considerable length, as compared with ractically fromend to ead has a neck 14 in with the mouth 12 and the pipe 10 alsoextends through this chamber. A soap recepjtacle 16ha'v1ng a suitableinlet and outlet is secured to the neck and is connected with the pipes10 and28, a, valve 32 in the construct on shown herein constituting suchwconnec- .t10n. w The outer walls of this receptacle are preferablywater-tight, and while the inlet .flow and discharge. are through said.pipes, other formsof construction are contemplated The neck; isconnected with a tubular support 17 from. a handle 18 to whichlthe hose8 is connected. This connection may be made 1n any suitable manner, inthe.form

herein shown a connecting tube 14 constitutmg said connection andextending into the neck 14 and into the support 17 This .handle has achamber 19 in which a valve -20 is \located, closing the opening -to thep v a w 4 atented Sept. 29, 1914., a lication filed rebm'arj 20, 9 s fiits width or depth, the ;,mouth 12 extending -end thereof. This which.and in the head a chamber 15 is formed. vThis chamber 15 communicatestubular support 17. A. spring 21, in the construction shown, is employedto hold the .VfllVG to .its seat, .and the valve is .operated as bymeansof alever 22 connected with the valve stem. .A..delivery pipe or.hose 23 extends from a source of water supply, as a .stand pipe 24, toa connection 25lattached to [the tubular support 17.. The flow of water1 to thecleaner is controlled as by a valve 26.

The connection 25 has an extension 27 withthe tubular support 17, thisextension receiving the end of atube .28 which is connected with thesoap box 16. The connections between the tubular support 17 and neck 14or connecting tube 14- and between the extension 27 and tube 28 are suchas to allow the parts to have a turning movement one with respect toanother and yet prevent leakage of air or water at the joints. Anywellknown form of connection for accomplishing this result may beemployed.

The use of the soap box may be dispensed with in any desired manner,and'the water may be delivered directly to the brushwithout passingthrough said box 16 by connecting the tube 28 directly with the pipe 10.as

- thesurface of the floor.

by means of the valve 32 hereinbefore described, or any other desiredmeans for accomplishing this result may be employed.

As shown in Fig. 3 the see. box 16 extends into the chamber 15 an hasformed therein a valve chamber containing a fourway valve 32 which isoperated by means of a wheel 33. From the construction shown in Fig. 3it will be readil seen that the water may be directed into t e soap boxand thence out through the pipe 10, or may be delivered directly throughthe pipes 28 and 10 the soap box in this instance being shut In themodified form of device shownin Fig. L the mouth piece for removingsurplus water is located within the bristles of the brush, this mouthpiece 29 being secured to the head 30. The edge of the mouth pieceterminates in-close proximity to the end of the bristles so that when itis desired to remove the water or surplus moisture a slight pressurewill cause the bristles to give sufficiently to enable the mouth pieceto rest upon device a tube 34 extends along the neck 35 and into thesoap box 36 into which the cleaning fluid is delivered and from which itis delivered by the pipe 31 to the bristles of the brush, the valvehereinbefore described as appurtenant to the soap box to control theflow 'of water being omitted. The other parts of this device are thesame as herein- -before described with reference to the Pre ferred form.

While my invention is shown and described herein as embodied ina-certain construction, I do not limit the invention tosuchconstruction, and the invention will be found to be present invarious forms of construction other than is shown herein.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. A cleaner including a head. containing a chamber and having a brushand a mouth piece located appurtenant one to the other thereon, saidmouth piece having a mouth opening into said chamber, a neck extendingfrom the head into a tubular support, a con- In this form of the nectionon said support for attachment of an air pipe and means for supplyingwater to said brush.

. 2. A cleaner including a head, a brush located on the head, a neckextending from said head, a water supply pipe extending through saidneck, a mouth p1 ece"having a mouth opening intov an air chamber in saidhead, a tubular support to receive said neck, an extension within saidsupportconnected with the water supply, and means on said support forattachment of an air pipe.

3. A cleaner including a head with a brush secured thereto, a neckextending from said head, and having an air chamber, a water supply pipeextending within said neck and opening within the brush, a mouth iecehaving a mouth opening into the air 0 amber in the neck, a tubularsupport having an extension therein, said support and extension beingrotatably connected with the neck and both connections communicatingwith the passage in said extension.

5. A cleaner including a head having a brush, means for delivering waterwithin the brush, a suction device located appurtenant to the brush, anextension to which said brush and suction device are secured, a soap boxmounted on the extension, said water supply extending through the soapbox, means for connection of a water supply to water supply pipetherein, a connection forsaid supply pipe, and means for connection ofan air pipe to said extension.

IRA H. SPENCER.

Witnesses:

J. M. LORD, ARTHUR B. JENKINS.

